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poetry help

hello, i am wondering if i could have some help analyzing this poem. reading it over 2-3 times i can tell some of the themes.
i imagine them to be the following two themes and imagery:
you cannot unsee some things in life
the burden of killing people is unlike anything else

the blur of the battlefield
shellshock

just asking if there are any other meanings or imagery that i have missed, or any "incorrect ones" that i have shown above.

the poem is below for a reference :)
thanks

The Machine Gunner
Steven Heighton
From:** Ecstasy of Sketpics. House of Anansi Press, 1994.
I saw them. They came like ghosts out of ground-
mist, moving
over ruined earth in waves, running

no, walking, shoulder to shoulder
like a belt of bullets or like
men: tinned meat lined on a conveyor belt as the sun

Re: poetry help

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello, Ietc. am wondering if i could have some help analyzing this poem. reading it over 2-3 times i can tell some of the themes.
i imagine them to be the following two themes and imagery:
you cannot unsee some things in life
the burden of killing people is unlike anything else

Do you think it might be saying something about group mentality – that even an individual’s conscience can be easily over-ruled by the group?